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Court will hear case on pornoscanners
Feb 25, 2011
On March 10, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear arguments in a case about whether the use of the body...
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LinkedIn blocked in China
Feb 25, 2011
Really, China? Blocking the most square and businesslike social networking site in the world? The official social networking site of everyone's dad...
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Google is going to quit taking Social Security numbers from kids
Feb 23, 2011
Didn't know that was happening, huh? There's an art contest called "Doodle 4 Google." Kids send Google a drawing in response to the prompt, "What...
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Collins, Lieberman, Carper introduce cybersecurity bill without "kill switch".
Feb 18, 2011
This is the bill that everyone was saying had a "kill switch" for the president to shut off the internet. The bill dropped late last night does NOT...
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Smurf app is totally smurfed up
Feb 16, 2011
One of the most popular games in the Apple app store is called Smurfs' Village. This is the type of game you load on your iPhone and then toss the...
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Defense Department wants to share its own network security with civilian networks
Feb 16, 2011
Deputy secretary of defense William Lynn said yesterday that the aggressive anti-hacking system used by the Pentagon should be available to other...
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Clinton announces new Internet freedom policy
Feb 15, 2011
Secretary of State Hilary Clinton will speak at George Washington University today about Internet freedom. The New York Times reports she's...
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Three people involved in Wikileaks ask court not to force Twitter to give up information
Feb 9, 2011
Is Wikileaks a criminal conspiracy or a political discussion? That seems to be at the heart of a debate over whether Twitter should be forced to g...
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Do Not Track now available from Mozilla Firefox
Feb 9, 2011
You can now activate a Do Not Track feature if you're on Mozilla Firefox. From the Firefox blog: When this option is selected, a header will be...
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Could the Feds take down Google for linking to illegal material?
Feb 3, 2011
US Immigrations and Customs Enforcement announced Wednesday that it recently shut down 10 websites, that it says were linking to other websites...
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